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1996-97 Montreal Canadiens

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31-36-15 (77 points), Finished 4th in NHL Northeast Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary

Scored 249 goals, Allowed 276 goals, SRS: -0.34 (21st of 26)
Coached by Mario Tremblay (31-36-15)

Playoffs:
Lost Conference Quarter-Finals (4-1) to New Jersey Devils

1996-97 Statistics / Games

Team Statistics

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Team GP W L T PTS PTS% GF GA SRS TG/G PPG PPO PP% PPGA PPOA PK% SHG SHGA
Montreal Canadiens 82 31 36 15 77 .470 249 276 -0.34 6.40 53 337 15.73 71 347 79.54 10 11
League Average 82 35 35 11 82 .500 239 239 0.00 5.83 55 336 16.27 55 336 83.73 10 10

Player Statistics

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Skaters Regular Season

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1 Vincent Damphousse C 6-1 200 29 82 27 54 81 0.99 29 0.35 101 30 102 25 -6 82 18 7 2 3 244 2.98 11.1
2 Mark Recchi RW 5-10 195 28 82 34 46 80 0.98 30 0.37 112 34 103 24 -1 58 25 7 2 3 202 2.46 16.8
3 Brian Savage LW 6-1 200 25 81 23 37 60 0.74 22 0.27 80 20 74 0 -14 39 18 5 0 2 219 2.70 10.5
4 Saku Koivu C 5-10 187 22 50 17 39 56 1.12 20 0.40 68 21 51 11 7 38 12 5 0 3 135 2.70 12.6
5 Martin Rucinsky LW 6-1 205 25 70 28 27 55 0.79 22 0.31 74 22 69 18 1 62 19 6 3 3 172 2.46 16.3
6 Stephane Richer RW 6-2 215 30 63 22 24 46 0.73 18 0.28 63 15 52 4 0 32 20 2 0 2 126 2.00 17.5
7 Valeri Bure RW 5-10 185 22 64 14 21 35 0.55 13 0.20 46 16 27 1 4 6 10 4 0 2 131 2.05 10.7
8 Vladimir Malakhov D 6-4 230 28 65 10 20 30 0.46 11 0.17 81 29 71 22 3 43 5 5 0 1 177 2.72 5.6
9 Benoit Brunet LW 6-0 203 28 39 10 13 23 0.59 9 0.22 36 5 36 11 6 14 8 2 0 2 63 1.62 15.9
10 Stephane Quintal D 6-3 231 28 71 7 15 22 0.31 8 0.11 80 7 109 37 1 100 6 1 0 0 139 1.96 5.0
11 Shayne Corson LW 6-1 202 30 47 6 15 21 0.45 7 0.16 42 13 46 12 -5 80 4 2 0 2 96 2.04 6.3
12 Turner Stevenson RW 6-3 220 24 65 8 13 21 0.32 8 0.12 29 2 41 0 -14 97 7 1 0 0 76 1.17 10.5
13 Scott Thornton LW 6-3 220 26 73 10 10 20 0.27 8 0.11 27 3 54 11 -19 128 8 1 1 1 110 1.51 9.1
14 Darcy Tucker RW 5-10 178 21 73 7 13 20 0.27 7 0.10 31 4 32 0 -5 110 6 1 0 3 62 0.85 11.3
15 Patrice Brisebois D 6-2 196 26 49 2 13 15 0.31 5 0.10 49 13 58 15 -7 24 2 0 0 1 72 1.47 2.8
16 Marc Bureau C 6-1 203 30 43 6 9 15 0.35 6 0.13 20 1 28 13 4 16 4 1 1 2 56 1.30 10.7
17 David Wilkie D 6-3 215 22 61 6 9 15 0.25 6 0.09 46 9 49 3 -9 63 3 3 0 0 65 1.07 9.2
18 Peter Popovic D 6-6 243 28 78 1 13 14 0.18 4 0.05 71 2 87 27 9 32 1 0 0 0 82 1.05 1.2
19 Sebastien Bordeleau C 5-11 185 21 28 2 9 11 0.39 4 0.13 13 0 23 7 -3 2 2 0 0 0 27 0.96 7.4
20 Pierre Turgeon C 6-1 199 27 9 1 10 11 1.22 3 0.38 19 9 6 0 4 2 1 0 0 0 22 2.44 4.5
21 Jassen Cullimore D 6-5 235 24 49 2 6 8 0.16 3 0.06 41 5 47 15 4 42 1 0 1 1 52 1.06 3.8
22 Chris Murray RW 6-2 213 22 56 4 2 6 0.11 3 0.05 8 0 16 0 -8 114 4 0 0 0 32 0.57 12.5
23 Murray Baron D 6-3 215 29 60 1 5 6 0.10 2 0.03 44 1 78 19 -16 107 1 0 0 0 52 0.87 1.9
24 Craig Rivet D 6-2 210 22 35 0 4 4 0.11 1 0.03 27 0 23 3 7 54 0 0 0 0 24 0.69 0.0
25 Eric Houde C 5-11 191 20 13 0 2 2 0.15 1 0.04 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0.08 0.0
26 Dave Manson D 6-2 200 30 9 1 1 2 0.22 1 0.09 9 2 8 0 -1 23 1 0 0 0 22 2.44 4.5
27 Rory Fitzpatrick D 6-2 208 22 6 0 1 1 0.17 0 0.05 4 0 6 0 -2 6 0 0 0 0 5 0.83 0.0
28 Terry Ryan LW 6-1 202 20 3 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
29 Brad Brown D 6-4 220 21 8 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 2 0 3 0 -1 22 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
30 Donald Brashear LW 6-3 239 25 10 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 2 0 -2 38 0 0 0 0 6 0.60 0.0
31 Francois Groleau D 6-0 197 24 5 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 3 0 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 3 0.60 0.0
32 David Ling RW 5-10 204 22 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
33 Pierre Sevigny LW 6-0 195 25 13 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 0.08 0.0
Team Total 82 249 431 680 8.29 249 3.04 249 53 276 71 -9 1445 186 53 10 31 2474 30.17 10.1

Goalies Regular Season

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP MIN W L T/OT PTS PTS% SO GA GAA SOG SV SV% G A PTS PIM
1 Jocelyn Thibault G 5-11 169 22 61 3397 22 24 11 55 .482 1 164 2.90 1815 1651 .910 0 0 0 0
2 Jose Theodore G 5-11 182 20 16 821 5 6 2 12 .462 0 53 3.87 508 455 .896 0 0 0 0
3 Pat Jablonski G 6-0 180 29 17 754 4 6 2 10 .417 0 50 3.98 438 388 .886 0 0 0 0
4 Tomas Vokoun G 6-0 195 20 1 20 0 0 0 0 0 4 12.00 14 10 .714 0 0 0 0
Team Total 82 4992 31 36 15 1 271 3.26 2775 2504 .902

Skaters Playoffs

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1 Mark Recchi RW 5-10 195 28 5 4 2 6 1.20 2 2 4 0 0 0 18 3.60 22.2
2 Saku Koivu C 5-10 187 22 5 1 3 4 0.80 1 10 1 0 0 0 10 2.00 10.0
3 Benoit Brunet LW 6-0 203 28 4 1 3 4 1.00 4 4 0 0 1 0 8 2.00 12.5
4 Brian Savage LW 6-1 200 25 5 1 1 2 0.40 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 1.20 16.7
5 Turner Stevenson RW 6-3 220 24 5 1 1 2 0.40 1 2 1 0 0 0 5 1.00 20.0
6 Patrice Brisebois D 6-2 196 26 3 1 1 2 0.67 3 24 1 0 0 1 3 1.00 33.3
7 Shayne Corson LW 6-1 202 30 5 1 0 1 0.20 -5 4 0 0 1 0 8 1.60 12.5
8 Scott Thornton LW 6-3 220 26 5 1 0 1 0.20 1 2 1 0 0 0 11 2.20 9.1
9 Valeri Bure RW 5-10 185 22 5 0 1 1 0.20 -4 2 0 0 0 0 7 1.40 0.0
10 Craig Rivet D 6-2 210 22 5 0 1 1 0.20 -2 14 0 0 0 0 6 1.20 0.0
11 Stephane Quintal D 6-3 231 28 5 0 1 1 0.20 -1 6 0 0 0 0 6 1.20 0.0
12 Darcy Tucker RW 5-10 178 21 4 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.00 0.0
13 Martin Rucinsky LW 6-1 205 25 5 0 0 0 0.00 -5 4 0 0 0 0 10 2.00 0.0
14 Stephane Richer RW 6-2 215 30 5 0 0 0 0.00 -3 0 0 0 0 0 9 1.80 0.0
15 Peter Popovic D 6-6 243 28 3 0 0 0 0.00 -3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0.33 0.0
16 Dave Manson D 6-2 200 30 5 0 0 0 0.00 6 17 0 0 0 0 10 2.00 0.0
17 Vladimir Malakhov D 6-4 230 28 5 0 0 0 0.00 -3 6 0 0 0 0 12 2.40 0.0
18 Vincent Damphousse C 6-1 200 29 5 0 0 0 0.00 -5 2 0 0 0 0 7 1.40 0.0
19 Jassen Cullimore D 6-5 235 24 2 0 0 0 0.00 -1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
20 David Wilkie D 6-3 215 22 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0.50 0.0
Team Total 5 11 14 25 5.00 105 9 0 2 1 142 28.40 7.7

Goalies Playoffs

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP MIN W L T/OT PTS PTS% SO GA GAA SOG SV SV% G A PTS PIM
1 Jose Theodore G 5-11 182 20 2 168 1 1 2 .500 0 7 2.50 108 101 .935 0 0 0 0
2 Jocelyn Thibault G 5-11 169 22 3 179 0 3 0 .000 0 13 4.36 101 88 .871 0 0 0 0
Team Total 82 347 1 4 0 20 3.46 209 189 .904